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Supernatural Spoilers: Jared
Padelecki Teases Flashbacks, Demon
Dean & More
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2014/07/supernatural-spoilers-jared-padelecki-talks-flashbacks-demon-dea/
This fall, Sam Winchester will find
himself in a place he's rarely been
over the first nine seasons of
Supernatural: he'll be the one to save
his demon of a brother.
Any fan knows that Dean Winchester
has saved his brother many a times
over the years... but with Dean now a
demon (thanks for nothing, Crowley!),
it will be Sam's turn to come to the
rescue.
How exactly will he do that?
That's the big question going into
Supernatural Season 10 - but,
thankfully, Jared Padalecki sat down
with me the other day during the
Television Critics Association
Summer Press Tour to let us know
what we'll see when the show returns
in October...
TV Fanatic: At the start of the news
season, are we seeing a different
Sam? In some ways we're finding
him in a different place we haven't
seen him before, which is pretty good
for season 10.
Jared Padalecki: Dean is certainly the
more different of the two but Sam's
almost different in that he's not
finally soulless or angel, so we get to
see the Sam that the fans love and
that I love. The Sam that wants to
find his brother.
So, we start out a couple months
after the finale. Sam went back to the
room and Dean, his dead brother
who was in the room in a locked
bunker, was gone. Since Sam didn't
see the episode he didn't realize that
Crowley took him. So Sam is now like
what the f**k? I've got to find my
brother! What just happened?' He is
the Sam I love, which is the Sam on
the hunt to find his brother. He
knows something's wrong. He has
his suspicions. That's the Sam we
start out.
TVF: Do you think it's taking us back
to the demon hunter element of the
show?
JP: Absolutely. That is a big part of
it. It's almost a reset or a restart. It's
not a complete restart because
dealing with a demon brother but we
do see them kind of go back to what
they set out to do, which is nice. I
love that our writers and our fandom
have such a great symbiotic
relationship where the writers are
able to recreate and restart and the
fans allow the writers and the actors
and forgive and remain loyal and
committed. They say, "Cool, guys. If
you all are going to go back to where
we were, great. Let's see where this
road takes us."
TVF: I'm guessing Sam and Dean are
going to be apart for a while...?
JP: They're going to be apart for
more than a few episodes. Then I
think we'll also see...because episode
one starts a couple months after the
finale, I imagine we'll have some
flashbacks, which I really like. I loved
it with Soulless Sam, we flashed
back to him in the bars or whenever.
I love telling stories that way. That's
something that I always privately felt
we didn't do enough of in the first
four or five seasons. I felt we were
great in the moment and creating the
show.
What I love about books is books
can refer to somebody's past or they
can refer to somebody's emotions or
memories. It's difficult for a TV show
or movie to do that outside of literally
going back and showing something
happened that forces this guy to
have this memory or this feeling or
this hurt in the past. I think we're
going to see some flashbacks
explaining more, even if the boys get
together in episode three or four or
five or whenever they do it. I think
we'll still see bits and pieces of what
happened to Dean and what
happened to Sam. I know we see
some flashbacks in episode three of
Sam.
TVF: Because you shot three first.
[Ackles directed the third episode]
JP: Yeah.
TVF: Who is Sam leaning on? If Dean
is not there, is he leaning on
anybody or is he a solo man?
JP: He doesn't have anybody to lean
on. He's sort of a lone wolf. Let's
put it this way, he doesn't have
anybody to be his crutch so he's sort
of leaning on everybody. He's asking
help from Cas, though Cas is a
wounded angel. He asks for help
from other hunters who we don't
know really well yet but I imagine
we'll come to know. He's reaching
out to the men of letters bunker
library. He's reaching out all over the
place but he's unfortunately running
into a lot of dead ends.
TVF: In some ways, Sam's going to
have an opportunity to save Dean
much in the way Dean has saved
Sam several times throughout the
course of the series. Did Sam learn
from any of those past experiences
that will help him save Dean?
JP: Yes. Also, the end of season
eight, that's going to come into play
because that's also very crucial
because Dean's a demon and
demonless Dean is dead Dean. So
Sam has to find out if I expel the
demon am I just re-killing my
brother? Am I back to where I was?
But he doesn't want his brother to
remain a demon so he has to rely on
some things where he's already been
with Crowley and he also has to try
to find some new stuff as well so it's
neat because Sam is going to rely on
his experience but also search for a
different method because obviously
that's not going to cut it.
TVF: You said Sam and Dean will be
apart for a while, will Sam see
Crowley at all? Is Crowley lurking
around?
JP: Sam will be in touch with
Crowley, much to Sam's chagrin.
Sam is after Crowley. Sam is made
aware of how Dean got away and
what he assumes Crowley did and
why. Crowley is shit list number one,
so to speak.
TVF: Does it take Sam a while to
figure out that Crowley is responsible
for what happened with Dean?
JP: It takes a few episodes to figure
it out but then once he knows he's
furious.
TVF: You and Jensen are clearly so
enthusiastic about the new season.
Two or three seasons ago if
somebody said you guys are going to
be more excited about season 10
than you are now, would you have
believed them?
JP: I probably would have called
bullshit. Admittedly, season seven
was the leviathan season, I guess
it's on the record but that one was a
tough one for me. That one I was
afraid we were going down a path
that we were going to stick ourselves
in and not be able to get back, which
would have been fine. I mean if the
show had gone seven wonderful
seasons, awesome. I was hoping for
more and we got more.
Carver was able to back us out of
that corner and put us on a new set
of open roads in a wonderful way. I
think as soon as I read the opening
of season eight, especially getting
into season eight I was like "we've
got new legs." This is a whole set of
new legs. We can go for eight more
seasons if they so wish. I'm thrilled
professionally, I'm thrilled personally.
I'm thrilled with what social media
and what Netflix and iTunes and
AppleTV have done for our show and
for new fans. I love, also, meeting
new fans and I love seeing original
fans. Some are like "I've been there
since season one." It's cool, you
know what I mean? I don't want to be
hipster like I knew about this before
you did but there's a special place in
my heart and there always will be for
those that helped us get to where we
can have new fans in season 10. I
mean this is a symbiosis. This is a
family. The original fans made it so
that we could have new fans.
TVF: Relationships are always hard
for Sam and Dean, whether it's how
the fans react to them or just the fact
that what these guys do. Would you
like to see a relationship at least
sustain itself for a whole season? Or
does that just not really have a place
in the show?
JP: If you'd have asked me this a
while ago I would have said yes, but
knowing the show how I know the
show now and knowing the character
as another character now, I don't
think there should be a relationship. I
don't think there should. Just in the
same reason I don't think Sam and
Dean should be alive at the end of
the series unless we do a movie or
something.
But I feel like Sam and Dean are Sam
and Dean because Sam and Dean
keep on keeping on and do whatever
they can to make the world a better
place and don't really allow for
distractions. Is it interesting to see
Sam in a relationship or Dean in a
relationship? Sure. I mean I'd love to
read a fan fiction book about it or
something but when the show is
done.
In the meantime, I think Sam and
Dean have a different purpose and I
feel like they know their purpose.
Sam in season one and even two and
three with Ruby, which worked out, I
guess, for me, he either was in
denial about his purpose or he truly
didn't yet know but I feel like now
these guys know. They're like no
bullshit, I know why I'm here and I
can't avoid anymore. I can't just
keep denying what's right in front of
me.
TVF: It's like accepting your destiny
or something.
JP: Exactly. I think their destiny has
been made abundantly clear to them,
so if they don't accept it then it's
their own damn fault.
Supernatural returns for Season 10
with a retrospective special on
October 6 and the season premiere
airs on October 7on The CW.
Padelecki Teases Flashbacks, Demon
Dean & More
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2014/07/supernatural-spoilers-jared-padelecki-talks-flashbacks-demon-dea/
This fall, Sam Winchester will find
himself in a place he's rarely been
over the first nine seasons of
Supernatural: he'll be the one to save
his demon of a brother.
Any fan knows that Dean Winchester
has saved his brother many a times
over the years... but with Dean now a
demon (thanks for nothing, Crowley!),
it will be Sam's turn to come to the
rescue.
How exactly will he do that?
That's the big question going into
Supernatural Season 10 - but,
thankfully, Jared Padalecki sat down
with me the other day during the
Television Critics Association
Summer Press Tour to let us know
what we'll see when the show returns
in October...
TV Fanatic: At the start of the news
season, are we seeing a different
Sam? In some ways we're finding
him in a different place we haven't
seen him before, which is pretty good
for season 10.
Jared Padalecki: Dean is certainly the
more different of the two but Sam's
almost different in that he's not
finally soulless or angel, so we get to
see the Sam that the fans love and
that I love. The Sam that wants to
find his brother.
So, we start out a couple months
after the finale. Sam went back to the
room and Dean, his dead brother
who was in the room in a locked
bunker, was gone. Since Sam didn't
see the episode he didn't realize that
Crowley took him. So Sam is now like
what the f**k? I've got to find my
brother! What just happened?' He is
the Sam I love, which is the Sam on
the hunt to find his brother. He
knows something's wrong. He has
his suspicions. That's the Sam we
start out.
TVF: Do you think it's taking us back
to the demon hunter element of the
show?
JP: Absolutely. That is a big part of
it. It's almost a reset or a restart. It's
not a complete restart because
dealing with a demon brother but we
do see them kind of go back to what
they set out to do, which is nice. I
love that our writers and our fandom
have such a great symbiotic
relationship where the writers are
able to recreate and restart and the
fans allow the writers and the actors
and forgive and remain loyal and
committed. They say, "Cool, guys. If
you all are going to go back to where
we were, great. Let's see where this
road takes us."
TVF: I'm guessing Sam and Dean are
going to be apart for a while...?
JP: They're going to be apart for
more than a few episodes. Then I
think we'll also see...because episode
one starts a couple months after the
finale, I imagine we'll have some
flashbacks, which I really like. I loved
it with Soulless Sam, we flashed
back to him in the bars or whenever.
I love telling stories that way. That's
something that I always privately felt
we didn't do enough of in the first
four or five seasons. I felt we were
great in the moment and creating the
show.
What I love about books is books
can refer to somebody's past or they
can refer to somebody's emotions or
memories. It's difficult for a TV show
or movie to do that outside of literally
going back and showing something
happened that forces this guy to
have this memory or this feeling or
this hurt in the past. I think we're
going to see some flashbacks
explaining more, even if the boys get
together in episode three or four or
five or whenever they do it. I think
we'll still see bits and pieces of what
happened to Dean and what
happened to Sam. I know we see
some flashbacks in episode three of
Sam.
TVF: Because you shot three first.
[Ackles directed the third episode]
JP: Yeah.
TVF: Who is Sam leaning on? If Dean
is not there, is he leaning on
anybody or is he a solo man?
JP: He doesn't have anybody to lean
on. He's sort of a lone wolf. Let's
put it this way, he doesn't have
anybody to be his crutch so he's sort
of leaning on everybody. He's asking
help from Cas, though Cas is a
wounded angel. He asks for help
from other hunters who we don't
know really well yet but I imagine
we'll come to know. He's reaching
out to the men of letters bunker
library. He's reaching out all over the
place but he's unfortunately running
into a lot of dead ends.
TVF: In some ways, Sam's going to
have an opportunity to save Dean
much in the way Dean has saved
Sam several times throughout the
course of the series. Did Sam learn
from any of those past experiences
that will help him save Dean?
JP: Yes. Also, the end of season
eight, that's going to come into play
because that's also very crucial
because Dean's a demon and
demonless Dean is dead Dean. So
Sam has to find out if I expel the
demon am I just re-killing my
brother? Am I back to where I was?
But he doesn't want his brother to
remain a demon so he has to rely on
some things where he's already been
with Crowley and he also has to try
to find some new stuff as well so it's
neat because Sam is going to rely on
his experience but also search for a
different method because obviously
that's not going to cut it.
TVF: You said Sam and Dean will be
apart for a while, will Sam see
Crowley at all? Is Crowley lurking
around?
JP: Sam will be in touch with
Crowley, much to Sam's chagrin.
Sam is after Crowley. Sam is made
aware of how Dean got away and
what he assumes Crowley did and
why. Crowley is shit list number one,
so to speak.
TVF: Does it take Sam a while to
figure out that Crowley is responsible
for what happened with Dean?
JP: It takes a few episodes to figure
it out but then once he knows he's
furious.
TVF: You and Jensen are clearly so
enthusiastic about the new season.
Two or three seasons ago if
somebody said you guys are going to
be more excited about season 10
than you are now, would you have
believed them?
JP: I probably would have called
bullshit. Admittedly, season seven
was the leviathan season, I guess
it's on the record but that one was a
tough one for me. That one I was
afraid we were going down a path
that we were going to stick ourselves
in and not be able to get back, which
would have been fine. I mean if the
show had gone seven wonderful
seasons, awesome. I was hoping for
more and we got more.
Carver was able to back us out of
that corner and put us on a new set
of open roads in a wonderful way. I
think as soon as I read the opening
of season eight, especially getting
into season eight I was like "we've
got new legs." This is a whole set of
new legs. We can go for eight more
seasons if they so wish. I'm thrilled
professionally, I'm thrilled personally.
I'm thrilled with what social media
and what Netflix and iTunes and
AppleTV have done for our show and
for new fans. I love, also, meeting
new fans and I love seeing original
fans. Some are like "I've been there
since season one." It's cool, you
know what I mean? I don't want to be
hipster like I knew about this before
you did but there's a special place in
my heart and there always will be for
those that helped us get to where we
can have new fans in season 10. I
mean this is a symbiosis. This is a
family. The original fans made it so
that we could have new fans.
TVF: Relationships are always hard
for Sam and Dean, whether it's how
the fans react to them or just the fact
that what these guys do. Would you
like to see a relationship at least
sustain itself for a whole season? Or
does that just not really have a place
in the show?
JP: If you'd have asked me this a
while ago I would have said yes, but
knowing the show how I know the
show now and knowing the character
as another character now, I don't
think there should be a relationship. I
don't think there should. Just in the
same reason I don't think Sam and
Dean should be alive at the end of
the series unless we do a movie or
something.
But I feel like Sam and Dean are Sam
and Dean because Sam and Dean
keep on keeping on and do whatever
they can to make the world a better
place and don't really allow for
distractions. Is it interesting to see
Sam in a relationship or Dean in a
relationship? Sure. I mean I'd love to
read a fan fiction book about it or
something but when the show is
done.
In the meantime, I think Sam and
Dean have a different purpose and I
feel like they know their purpose.
Sam in season one and even two and
three with Ruby, which worked out, I
guess, for me, he either was in
denial about his purpose or he truly
didn't yet know but I feel like now
these guys know. They're like no
bullshit, I know why I'm here and I
can't avoid anymore. I can't just
keep denying what's right in front of
me.
TVF: It's like accepting your destiny
or something.
JP: Exactly. I think their destiny has
been made abundantly clear to them,
so if they don't accept it then it's
their own damn fault.
Supernatural returns for Season 10
with a retrospective special on
October 6 and the season premiere
airs on October 7on The CW.
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